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To ask the Scottish Executive what ministerial visits have been arranged, or are being planned, to (a) Banff and Buchan and (b) north-east Scotland between now and 3 May 2007.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place to ensure that both male and female prison officers are available to search prisoners at visiting times. I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond.
As I made clear in my response to S1W-33632, it is for individual ministerialprivate offices to ensure that constituency MSPs, Regional MSPs and MPs are notifiedwhen official visits take place. S2W-07519
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2001
His response is as follows:SPS has no record of any prison visiting committee having made representations since 1997 on the treatment of sex offenders in prisons.
In rising to move amendment S1M-1320.1, I think that it would first be appropriate for me to congratulate the new Minister for Social Justice and the new Deputy Minister for Social Justice on their appointments.